I love a great wine tasting. What's even better, is a great wine tasting in an unusual way. After the concert, we crossed a bridge over the Rhine River and noticed a boat that was docked.
There were signs all over the boat that said "Wyschiff"...which means wine tasting. Apparently, there were around 300 different swiss wines to be sampled. We decided to check it out.
Both the upper and lower deck were full of people sampling various wines. Just as we reached the door, a lady stopped us and asked us if we'd like a free ticket. Score! As we went to pay for another ticket, the ticket guy waved us off and just told us to go on in since there was less than an hour left. Score again!
The atmosphere was warm and pleasant. Some wine tastings can be really snooty, but it wasn't the case here.
There was an assortment of cheese, deli meats and bread that were a nice compliment.
Soon, we were joining in the wine tasting fun.
You hardly knew where to start. There were so many different booths. I saw one nearly empty and we decided to start there. We ended up having a great conversation with a man who owns a couple vineyards and he shared with us his process of making wine. The first red wine I tasted there was absolutely fantastic! Everything after that didn't compare. We sampled a lot of other different wines, but ended up purchasing the very first wine we tried.
The Winner:
2006 Grain Noir Parfum de Vigne
It's a red wine with a mix of Cabernet, Malbec, Gamaret, Garanoir and Diolinoir.
Fantastic!
